Transport: Schools

Mr. Jim Cunningham
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many schools in (a) Coventry and (b) the west midlands have taken part in the Travelling to School scheme.

Gillian Merron
Fifty-one Coventry schools (39 per cent.) and 1,160 west midlands schools (43 per cent.) had high-quality school travel plans in place by 31 March 2006. Nationally, there were more than 10,000 schools (40 per cent.) with high-quality school travel plans, reflecting the Travelling to School initiative.